Back to Home, Back to Kaunas

There is no one more dear to the Lord than His devotees who have dedicated their lives for spreading His glories all over the world. Nor will there even be anyone more dear. Therefore there is no sweeter taste than the association of Lord Krishna's devotees. This is the benefit of traveling to meet with the saintly people at holy places of pilgrimage scattered across the globe. At each stop we get to plug into the sweet, sweet ocean of sadhu sanga (devotee association) and become unlimitedly surcharged with transcendental bliss. Especially here in Kaunas, Lithuania we are relishing the greatest happiness in the association of the Lithuanian devotees. 

Snkarshan Das Send-off Kirtan, ISKCON Kaunas, Lithuania

(ISKCON Kaunas Ecstatic Send off Kirtan)

In this enlivening association we feel that now we have returned to our eternal home. This is the nature of devotee association. It takes us back to home, back to Godhead.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Why Only Krishna and Rama in the Mahamantra?..

Why does the Hare Krishna Mahamantra not contain the name of any other incarnation except for Krishna and Rama?

Your Servant,
Tarun
Sanawad, India.

Answer: The Name "Krishna" Includes All Incarnations...

Krishna is not another one of the incarnations of God. He is indeed the very source of all the unlimited incarnations of God. Every name of God indicates another one of His attractive features. The name "Krishna" means "all-attractive". Therefore it includes all the other names of God within it. By one utterance of "Krishna" one receives the automatic benefit of having chanting all of the names of God. In this connection it is indicated in the revealed scriptures that by chanting the name "Krishna" one time, one receives the benefit of uttering three thousand names of Lord Vishnu.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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